'The Magic of Belle Isle' -- 2 stars

'The Magic of Belle Isle' -- 2 stars

PG; 1:49 running time An aging writer of western novels (Morgan Freeman), recently widowed, plans to while away the summer drinking and dog-sitting in a small lakeside cottage. His besotted idyll is interrupted by the single mother (Virginia Madsen) and her three daughters next door. Though he does his best to push them away, they break through his defensiveness and everybody, you know, learns something as the mean get nicer, the curious get answers and the lonely get a little affection. Read the full "The Magic of Belle Isle" movie review

PG; 1:49 running time An aging writer of western novels (Morgan Freeman), recently widowed, plans to while away the summer drinking and dog-sitting in a small lakeside cottage. His besotted idyll is interrupted by the single mother (Virginia Madsen) and her three daughters next door. Though he does his best to push them away, they break through his defensiveness and everybody, you know, learns something as the mean get nicer, the curious get answers and the lonely get a little affection. Read the full "The Magic of Belle Isle" movie review

PG; 1:49 running time An aging writer of western novels (Morgan Freeman), recently widowed, plans to while away the summer drinking and dog-sitting in a small lakeside cottage. His besotted idyll is interrupted by the single mother (Virginia Madsen) and her three daughters next door. Though he does his best to push them away, they break through his defensiveness and everybody, you know, learns something as the mean get nicer, the curious get answers and the lonely get a little affection. Read the full "The Magic of Belle Isle" movie review